Bent

There's somewhat of a creative bent in my family. 

We knew dad had an eye for art, but were all surprised a few years ago when he pulled out some sketches he did as a kid - they were really good. 

"Why didn't you become an artist?" we asked him.

"I'm not patient enough" he said.

Our mother on the other hand had no apparent artistic skills.

I guess we'd missed her creativity raising the seven of us, until she started rug hooking - dying and cutting her own wool and creating works exploding with color. (See her blue ribbon state fair rug here.)

Brother Kip studied fine art at Parson's in NYC, worked in a bronze foundry, as a blacksmith, in metalworking and currently works as a graphic designer.

His talents are preceded only by his sense of humor - a common trait in our family. (See his Pug video)

Other siblings manifest their creativity through cooking, baking and writing.

Our familial bent has given me my creative problem solving abilities, and lets me take care of the photography/Photoshop work of my clients. It also lets me do the layout work, all of which can be seen at Website Portfolio, Photo Gallery - Client  and   Photo Gallery - Other.